# Studio 60 returns tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337 "2007-05-24T12:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/1 "2007-05-24T12:01:05Z")
Guest starring the lovely Allison Janney. Get 'em while you can…NBC didn’t renew the series. ☹ 10p Eastern on NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/2 "2007-05-24T13:10:54Z")
I liked this show better than most, but gone are the days where I’m willing to stay up to 11:00pm to watch it. When the show comes out on DVD, I’ll Netflix those episodes I haven’t seen. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/3 "2007-05-24T16:23:32Z")
I’ll tape it to watch it later. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/4 "2007-05-24T16:43:05Z")
Knowing it’s a dead fish kills any interest I may have had to see it. NBC has lost my trust by killing off so many of the shows I had begun to like: _Raines_, _Kidnapped_, _Studio 60_ to name three. I still watch and enjoy _Medium_ but I doubt I’ll get sucked into any new shows this fall. CBS and ABC are close to that same thing, and Fox had better not fuck with _House_ and _Bones_ or I may just quit watching network series unless I DVR them first to get past the 20+ minutes of commercials each hour. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/5 "2007-05-24T16:52:05Z")
I’m watching it for the closure. I’m hoping these shows were written after Sorkin knew the show was going away, so maybe there’s a zinger, a la \*Sports Night \* on ABC. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/6 "2007-05-24T16:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I’m watching it for the closure. I’m hoping these shows were written after Sorkin knew the show was going away, so maybe there’s a zinger, a la \*Sports Night \* on ABC. [/QUOTE] I didn’t get to see that zinger (I think I was in Japan at the time.) Please spoil it for me. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/7 "2007-05-24T17:07:44Z")
The network that aired Sports Night was up for sale. Dana kept running into this guy in the bar and he kept giving her inside tips on why this company or that wouldn’t buy the network. They all turned out to be true. Then she put two and two together, and figured out Bar Guy is a multi-zillionaire who was buying the company. She asked about her show, and he said, “Anyone who can’t make money off Sports Night needs to get out of the money-making business.” So, take that, ABC! ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/8 "2007-05-24T17:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] So, take that, ABC! [/QUOTE] Of course, in that case it was seriously true. God, I loved that show. “You’re wearing my shirt, Gordon.” ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/9 "2007-05-24T20:31:01Z")
I watched it all on DVD last summer. I got the DVDs from zip (which is like Netflix), and every time one would arrive, I’d sit down and watch all 8 episodes start to finish and then send it back the same day. I really did love Sports Night. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/10 "2007-05-24T20:51:48Z")
Hey, thanks for the _Studio 60_ alert. I probably would have missed it otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/11 "2007-05-24T21:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=storyteller0910] “You’re wearing my shirt, Gordon.” [/QUOTE] Yeah, that was pretty brutal. I also loved Jeremy’s job interview rant…vintage Sorkin. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/12 "2007-05-25T00:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] The network that aired Sports Night was up for sale. Dana kept running into this guy in the bar and he kept giving her inside tips on why this company or that wouldn’t buy the network. They all turned out to be true. Then she put two and two together, and figured out Bar Guy is a multi-zillionaire who was buying the company. She asked about her show, and he said, “Anyone who can’t make money off Sports Night needs to get out of the money-making business.” So, take that, ABC! [/QUOTE] Uh, no, his statement was more general:"Anyone who can’t make money off _sports_ should get out of the money-making business."Emphasis mine. He wasn’t just talking about Dana’s show (Or Sorkin’s). ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/13 "2007-05-25T00:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Uh, no, his statement was more general:"Anyone who can’t make money off _sports_ should get out of the money-making business."Emphasis mine. He wasn’t just talking about Dana’s show (Or Sorkin’s). [/QUOTE] No, **ivylass** got the quote right. It was about the show(s) specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/14 "2007-05-25T03:06:39Z")
Was that episode supposed to be a zany, madcap, comic relief-type show? If it was, it didn’t work. If it wasn’t, then what was it supposed to be? Just out of curiosity, did anyone miss Matt and/or Danny? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/15 "2007-05-25T03:13:22Z")
It was odd that they weren’t there. The Simon Styles trip to Hawaii plot was out of a 50s sitcom. Really awful. And the romance between Matt and Harriet is no longer particularly interesting. The show could have been better. Allison Janney especially was made to be an idiot. When the wallet had no money, all she has to do is pretend to put the bills into the other guys hands. That sort of ad libbing should be natural. It was working too hard to be wacky, and didn’t come off. That said, some of the individual lines were quite funny and I wasn’t quite tempted to shut it off. It’s just trying way too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/16 "2007-05-25T03:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Just out of curiosity, did anyone miss Matt and/or Danny? [/QUOTE] Hell NO! Decent show, except for the Harry and Simon sub-plots which were tiresome. And I agree, Allison freakin’ Janney should have had more improv chops at this point in her career. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/17 "2007-05-25T03:33:11Z")
The squibs going off in the wrong sketch after we had seen Janney changing costumes is typical of the kind of stuff they would do wrong for a laugh or to make a point and didn’t think non-Hollywood types would notice. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/18 "2007-05-25T03:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] No, **ivylass** got the quote right. It was about the show(s) specifically. [/QUOTE] I hate being wrong enough to dig out my DVD and double-check. I see now I was wrong. But I wish I was right. As “sports” it’s a possibly true point one could legitimately argue. As “Sports Night” it’s just Sorkin being self-important. Also, I’d always thought it was a vodka that Dana mistook for water. Now on re-viewing I see it’s a gin and tonic. What, I’m Leonard Shelby now? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/19 "2007-05-25T04:32:40Z")
[QUOTE=randwill] The squibs going off in the wrong sketch after we had seen Janney changing costumes is typical of the kind of stuff they would do wrong for a laugh or to make a point and didn’t think non-Hollywood types would notice. [/QUOTE] I had the exact same thought. That kind of shit drives me up the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337/20 "2007-05-25T12:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=Mehitabel] Decent show, except for the Harry and Simon sub-plots which were tiresome. And I agree, Allison freakin’ Janney should have had more improv chops at this point in her career. [/QUOTE] Especially since it’s well-known (at least to _West Wings_ fans) that Allison Janney has near-perfect recall of scripts. She would generally read them once on that show and know all of her lines. I liked this episode a lot. I thought that if this one showed up earlier in the season, more people would have kept watching. I thought that the “madcap, zany” style worked. And I loved how Janney kept putting people on her list. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-60-returns-tonight/405337.md?page=2)